cowpuncher
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After all, it is a snappy cowpuncher variation on Woody Guthrie’s “Dusty Old Dust/So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh” with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, the folk legend’s old musical partner, singing along.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
He is both corrupt and pure, a dynastic potentate in a helicopter and a solitary cowpuncher in the saddle.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2018
With six saddle-wary Secret Service agents in tow, the President's son had gone to the athletic community of San Diego Country Estates for some lessons in bareback riding, bulldogging and other cowpuncher skills.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cattlemen around San Antonio were getting ready to welcome a new part-time cowpuncher: Old Airman Eddie Riclcen-backer, who had paid $290,000 for the 2,700-acre Bear Creek Ranch.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The man, judging by his appearance, was a cowpuncher, and, to Scipio’s simple mind, was, like himself, benighted.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell